Wyrmworks Publishing Press Resources

December 13, 2021
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Helping you make lives better through tabletop roleplaying games

Founded in 2000 as a hobby site, Wyrmworks Publishing went full time in July 2021, dedicated to providing resources to the tabletop gaming community to enable mentoring and transmission of prosocial values using these same games as a means of modeling and exploring these values in a fantasy setting.

Wyrmworks Publishing produces resources to help tabletop gaming groups make their groups and games more inclusive along with an ongoing monthly podcast, Gaining Advantage.

Wyrmworks Publishing, a division of Making It Better LLC, based in St. Paul, Minnesota, is a family-run business that allows owners Dale and Teresa Critchley to work together to make the world a better place and still be available to meet their children’s unique needs.

As much as possible, Wyrmworks Publishing seeks to employ freelance creators from marginalized communities, especially disabled, neurodiverse, and mentally and chronically ill, to improve not only the lives of their customers, but also those they hire and work with. Representation means actively giving a platform to the marginalized.

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About Dale Critchley

Dale Critchley, a middle-aged white man with short blond hair, wearing a blue plaid flannel shirt with a white t-shirt beneath with a hand holding a D20 globe. Above the globe, "I user escapism to change the real world," and below, the Wyrmworks Publishing logo, standing if front of a wooden door

Dale Critchley is the owner, lead writer, and chief tea drinker at Wyrmworks Publishing. He’s been playing tabletop role-playing games since 1982 and launched Wyrmworks Publishing as a hobby in 2000 to share his homebrew resources with the world. In 2021, after seeing the power that a TTRPG group can have to change the lives of the participants for the better, he rededicated Wyrmworks Publishing to focus on using TTRPGs to intentionally improve lives and turned a hobby into a full-time pursuit.


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elf with cataracts and amber glasses holding and reading a spellbook with the text of the fireball spell written in braille; sepia paper background, braille above listing the included guides, 5e SRD Braille Transcription

Braille 5.1 SRD & Tutorials

We’re committed to creating a more inclusive gaming experience for everyone. We’re proud to announce the release of the first-ever braille conversion of the 5th Edition System Reference Document (SRD), making the rules of 5th edition accessible to a wider audience of players and creators.

Features:

  • Free and downloadable: Available in BRF and BBZ formats for various braille needs.
  • Comprehensive: Includes Player’s Guide, Game Master Guide, Monster Manual, and Spellcasting Guide content.
  • Open access: Released under a CC-BY license for anyone to freely use and adapt.
  • Tutorial included: Equips publishers and homebrew creators with the tools to convert their own content into braille using free software.

This initiative marks a significant step towards a more inclusive TTRPG space. We’re actively working on further accessibility resources and tools, including upcoming tutorials and future plans for truly inclusive core rulebooks.

Braille 5.1 SRD Illustrations & Assets

Braille 5.1 SRD Press Release: pdf / docx / brf

Braille 5.1 SRD Announcement page on our website

DriveThruRPG Download Page

Tutorial Video on YouTube

elf with cataracts and amber glasses holding and reading a spellbook with the text of the fireball spell written in braille; sepia paper background, braille above listing the included guides, 5e SRD Braille Transcription
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basilisk stat block in BrailleBlaster
Assassin poison stat block in BrailleBlaster
Assassin poison stat block in BrailleBlaster
Assassin poison stat block in BrailleBlaster
elf with cataracts and amber glasses holding and reading a spellbook with the text of the fireball spell written in braille; sepia paper background, braille above listing the included guides, Braille your book for free in minutes!
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Limitless Champions; 3D figure of kobold with fidget wicker ball; barbarian in wheelchair; character cards. Digital Tier for online play added!

Limitless Champions

Wyrmworks Publishing is proud to announce the launch of Limitless Champions, a groundbreaking new line of disabled fantasy miniatures, set to make history as the largest and most diverse collection of its kind. With a focus on representation and inclusivity, Limitless Champions offers players the chance to bring their games to life with visually stunning and detailed miniatures, each with a unique background and personality.

Visible Representation for All

Limitless Champions features a range of disabilities, including Alopecia Areata, Amputation, Anxiety & Panic Disorder, Arthritis, Blindness, Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, Dwarfism, Ectrodactyly, Face Differences, Service Animals, and Wheelchair Users. Each character is designed to reflect the experiences of real-world people and includes a digital book and tarot-size cards with 5e Stat Block, background and personality, plot hooks, full-color character art, and miniature (available as STL or pre-printed mini). Additionally, miniatures include condition markers designed to help visually impaired gamers keep track of different character conditions. The campaign also offers a padded wooden chest with a choice of cover art.

Wyrmworks Publishing is committed to promoting diversity and inclusivity in all of its projects. That’s why we prioritize hiring disabled, neurodiverse, and mentally ill creators and consultants, ensuring that the project is informed by real-world experiences and perspectives. Our goal is to provide a platform for marginalized voices and to promote active representation in the gaming community.

Find the latest at mini.inclusiverpg.com

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Limitless Champions Illustrations & Assets

Limitless Champions Press Release: pdf / docx

Limitless Champions page on our website

Kickstarter Page

Kickstarter Video on YouTube

Limitless Champions; 3D figure of kobold with fidget wicker ball; barbarian in wheelchair; character cards. Digital Tier for online play added!
tiefling with a raven on one horn, wearing a brown cloak and holding a white staff with a red tip
tiefling pulling a hand crossbow with his tail, crossbow mounted on his thigh, hands and arms constricted
a halfling bard with dragonborn ears and Down Syndrome
Mini & character card: femme tiefling in longcoat holding staff, raven perched on horn
gray figure and 3 stat block cards depicting a tiefling pulling a hand crossbow with his tail, crossbow mounted on his thigh, hands and arms constricted
Woman in platemail & brown clothes, hands have ulnar drift deformity and gauntlets with brace, holding sword, left foot on helmet, depicted on NPC cards and gray mini
Cards & miniature depicting Armored paladin holding a braille book and magic staff, sword on his back, scars on his eye.
4 character cards fanned, 3 illustrated backs & 4th showing stat block
Precision Monk Tiefling (He/Him) Figure Representation: Cerebral Palsy. tiefling pulling a hand crossbow with his tail, crossbow mounted on his thigh, hands and arms constricted; figure of the same, dark woodland background
rotating 3D image on transparent background:tiefling monk with contracted arms using tail to fire crossbow
rotating 3D image on transparent background:half-orc in armor, right hand amputated with strapped on shield
rotating 3D image on transparent background: femme dwarf in ramming wheelchair with big axe
rotating 3D image on blue background: gem-like condition marker
Petrified Condition Marker
rotating 3D image on blue background: potion-like condition marker
Poisoned Condition Marker
33 character cards fanned out
wooden case with image of elf in woods on top, minis & dice on top, NPC cards on floor around it
velvet lined interior of wood case showing minis, cards, and dice, sitting on carpet

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Inclusive Artwork: Fantasy Stock Art with Disability Representation for TTRPGs: Half-orc pirate with a cane, unicorn service animal, blind tiefling with staff and censer with eye-shaped glyph

Inclusive Artwork: Fantasy Stock Art with Disability Representation for TTRPGs

Wyrmworks Publishing is proud to announce a new crowdfunding campaign, Inclusive Artwork, a collection of high-quality fantasy stock art featuring disability representation for tabletop roleplaying games (TTRPGs). The aim of this campaign is to bring diversity and inclusivity to the TTRPG community and make it more affordable for publishers to include disability representation in their products.

The collection is created by a talented team of disabled, neurodivergent, and/or mentally ill artists and offers a range of art styles to suit different needs and budgets. The reward tiers include options for personal use and commercial license, with the possibility to add custom pieces as add-ons.

This campaign is a unique opportunity for TTRPG publishers to access a valuable and diverse collection of fantasy stock art featuring disability representation at an affordable price.

The inclusion of disability representation in TTRPGs is long overdue, and with your support, we can help make it the norm.

Inclusive Artwork Illustrations and Assets

Inclusive Artwork Press Release (pdf / docx)

Inclusive Artwork: Fantasy Stock Art with Disability Representation for TTRPGs: Half-orc pirate with a cane, unicorn service animal, blind tiefling with staff and censer with eye-shaped glyph

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Limitless Heroics Cover: As our heroes fight the hydra, we see just some of the variety of symptoms represented in this book. The paladin has a prosthetic arm to assist with their amputation. The barbarian rages from their wheelchair, providing mobility for their paralyzed legs. The ranger, whose body is more accustomed to an aquatic environment just as someone in the real world may be more comfortable in a quieter or darker sensory environment, finds ways to compensate and keep fighting. The wizard’s vitiligo may not be thought of as a disability, nor should it be, yet many in the real world experience severe discrimination due to unusual skin pigment — how many celebrities, corporate executives, or politicians do you know with visibly irregular skin?

Limitless Heroics

Including Characters with Disabilities, Mental Illness, and Neurodivergence in Fifth Edition

Limitless Heroics is the most comprehensive disability compendium ever created for a Tabletop Role-Playing Game. For Fifth Edition, it provides:

  • 450+ Traits: Game mechanics for nearly every trait in existence (plus some fantasy traits, because that’s what you should expect in a world with magic)
  • 78 Random tables to choose or generate the traits, their degree of severity, and their frequency
  • 93+ New Magic Items and an online random generator for thousands more! Nearly every trait includes mundane and magic assistive options.
  • Thousands of real world examples so players can learn more and better represent the traits
  • Tutorials: Opening articles discuss how and why to implement these options, how to discuss it with your players, and common tropes to avoid. You have all the tools here to run an inclusive campaign.

Our website will have a free random generator to simplify determining character traits, but you’ll need the book for the descriptions and mechanics, or you can use the included tables to choose or roll manually. We talked to dozens of people with diverse traits to make sure our game mechanics represented their experiences. All writers, editors, and artists for this book are disabled, neurodivergent, and/or have mental or chronic illness.

Limitless Heroics launches on Kickstarter January 4 through February 3, 2022. Sign up to get notified when it goes live for a free first day backer tutorial adventure to help you implement these mechanics into your game!

Wyrmworks Publishing believes that representation of disabilities, neurodiversity, and mental illness in tabletop role-playing games helps players normalize interactions in real life by practicing in an imaginary setting. Disabled players who have consulted on the book have expressed joy in being recognized and given an easy way to demonstrate their experiences through game mechanics to help others understand their experiences, how they adapt, and how others can help.

Find the latest at InclusiveRPG.com.

Limitless Heroics Illustrations & Assets

Limitless Heroics Press Release: pdf / docx

Limitless Heroics page on our website

LIMITLESS HEROICS yellow letters against swirling black, magenta & cyan background. 5e compatible shield lower left. Book with cover of 4 disabled heroes fighting a hydra on the right.
Book & Kindle displaying cover: As our heroes fight the hydra, we see just some of the variety of traits represented in this book. The paladin has a prosthetic arm to assist with their amputation. The barbarian rages from their wheelchair, providing mobility for their paralyzed legs. The ranger, whose body is more accustomed to an aquatic environment just as someone in the real world may be more comfortable in a quieter or darker sensory environment, finds ways to compensate and keep fighting. The wizard’s vitiligo may not be thought of as a disability, nor should it be, yet many in the real world experience severe discrimination due to unusual skin pigment — how many celebrities, corporate executives, or politicians do you know with visibly irregular skin?
Book: As our heroes fight the hydra, we see just some of the variety of traits represented in this book. The paladin has a prosthetic arm to assist with their amputation. The barbarian rages from their wheelchair, providing mobility for their paralyzed legs. The ranger, whose body is more accustomed to an aquatic environment just as someone in the real world may be more comfortable in a quieter or darker sensory environment, finds ways to compensate and keep fighting. The wizard’s vitiligo may not be thought of as a disability, nor should it be, yet many in the real world experience severe discrimination due to unusual skin pigment — how many celebrities, corporate executives, or politicians do you know with visibly irregular skin?
brown bracers, made from a giant centipede exoskeleton, attach to a limb with leg-like clips
necromancer laughing in a skull-emblazoned wheelchair, being pushed by 2 zombies
Knight in full plate holding a sword in left hand and no arm below the right elbow
half-orc asleep at a desk with a spilled water glass and papers
tiefling monk balancing on a pole, breathing smoke
studded leather bracers with sea stones near the wrists
goggles filled with water and covered in barnacles
A W with blue scales and a dragon wing
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